# Durgapur Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Durgapur

Durgapur is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,536 people in 537 households**, the 24th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 2,536people (2011)
- 537households
- 84.0%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Durgapur

Of every 100 households in Durgapur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Durgapur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**11%

Tap water ****12%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**31%

Television ****12%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Durgapur?

■ Durgapur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.0%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**922

Working population ****28.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 78.7% for women. 51% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 127 (18%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (13%) · **■** Marginal 412 (57%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nandigram - I

- Gopimohanpur3,272 people
- Kandapa Shara2,971 people
- Usman Chak2,918 people
- Bartalya2,838 people
- Chilinga2,505 people
- Dhanya Khola2,441 people
- Samsabad Barsar Beria2,362 people
- Nilpur2,103 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Durgapur?2,536 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Durgapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Durgapur?84.0% (Census 2011)